Note: This story was updated with unofficial voting results at 12:54 a.m. Nov. 7.
With 51 of 53 precincts reporting in Roane and Anderson counties, Trina Baughn, Charlie Hensley, and Chuck Hope have commanding leads over Kelly Callison and Ellen Smith in the race for three Oak Ridge City Council seats.
Angi Agle and Keys Fillauer, both seeking re-election to the Oak Ridge Board of Education, had large leads over challenger Leonard Abbatiello, a former Oak Ridge City Council member. There are two seats available.
Meanwhile, Tennessee Rep. John Ragan, an Oak Ridge Republican, held a 696-vote lead (51.4 percent to 48.6 percent) over his challenger, former Rep. Jim Hackworth, a Clinton Democrat. It is considered one of a half-dozen key races in the Tennessee House of Representatives and could help decide whether Republicans gain a supermajority, which means they could conduct business even if Democrats walk out.
The vote on a referendum to allow retail package stores to sell alcoholic beverages in Oliver Springs remained very close, with 360 voting yes and 357 voting no.
Three-quarters of Clinton voters agreed in a referendum Tuesday to move the city’s general elections from December of odd-numbered years to November of even-numbered years.
Here are the unofficial results we have so far from Anderson and Roane counties:
Oak Ridge City Council
Hope—6,882
Baughn—6,735
Hensley—6,297
Callison—5,445
Smith—4,621
Oak Ridge Board of Education
Agle—7,733
Fillauer—7,493
Abbatiello—4,984
Note: The total number of votes cast for Keys Fillauer has been updated. An earlier version of this story contained an incorrect number.
More information will be added as it becomes available.
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